Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Ellen McIlwaine	Lover's Lane	Ellen McIlwaine	03:02
Buddy Knox	I Ain't Sharin' Sharon	ST (mono)	02:01
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	The Betrothed Girl	Ukrainian Pops	02:50
Ellen McIlwaine	Weird of Hermiston	Honky Tonk Angel	05:06
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Late Night Movies	I'm a Song	03:17
Ellen McIlwaine	Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die)	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:25
Aarons And Ackley*	Five O'Clock	You And I	01:01
Aarons And Ackley*	Don't	You And I	02:05
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down	Skareggae	03:09
Ellen McIlwaine	Isn't That So	Ellen McIlwaine	03:55
Alpha Centauri	Hard Life	ST	06:00
Ellen McIlwaine	It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:38
Albert Jones*	I Feel So Good	The Facts of Life	03:13
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Am I Blue	And I Love Her	04:25
David Amram	Song for Kenya	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	04:16
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	And I Love Her	And I Love Her	02:22
Tony McManus	Donal Og - The Lea Rig	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	03:03
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Ellen McIlwaine	The Last Good Man in My Life	Ellen McIlwaine	03:25
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Unleash the Horses Boys	Ukrainian Pops	02:00
Ellen McIlwaine	Lazarus	Fear Itself	05:46
Ellen McIlwaine	Up From the Skies	Honky Tonk Angel	03:52
Priscilla* Rollins	Tell Him that You Love Him	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Cal* Bostic	Somewhere My Love	Introducing...	02:35
Zambonis*	To Bleed Black and Gold	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:55
Ellen McIlwaine	Up From the Skies	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:52
Zambonis*	Cool Shots (Theme Song)	To Bleed Black and Gold	02:17
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Green Rye	Ukrainian Pops	03:09
Cal* Bostic	Longing for You (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	02:45
Aarons And Ackley*	Annalee	ST	02:38
Aarons And Ackley*	Could Have Had Anything	You And I	02:19
Happy Dolls	Shake Your Booty	Show Album No. 1	02:57
Sidewinders	A Voyage	Flatfoot Hustlin'	01:06
Bluebird*	Country Boy Blues	Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost	02:40
Tony McManus	The Maids of Mitchelstown	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	02:53
Oscar* McLollie	Buried Alive	ST	04:12
Buddy Knox	Maybelline	ST	01:49
Loni Gamble	It's You	ST	05:43
Cal* Bostic	Let It Be Me	Introducing...	02:44
Oscar* McLollie	As Long As You Care at All	So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All	03:42
Doc Holiday*	Canadian State of Mind	Canadian State of Mind b/w Canadian State of Mind	03:37
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Country Feelin'	Amist the Black Eyes	02:37
Ellen McIlwaine	Billy Gene	Fear Itself	03:05
Aarons And Ackley*	Swanee Song	ST	02:48
Zambonis*	Let's Go Whalers	To Bleed Black and Gold	00:30
Priscilla* Rollins	Softer Moments	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	03:57
Sidewinders	Time For Loving	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:24
Priscilla* Rollins	Sad Movies	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:38
Ellen McIlwaine	Pinebo (My Story)	Honky Tonk Angel	02:41
Ellen McIlwaine	Money Can't Save You	Ellen McIlwaine	03:22
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Kolomayka	Ukrainian Pops	02:45
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко	Ukrainian Pops	03:34
Ellen McIlwaine	The Letter	Fear Itself	02:10
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Halya Несе Галя Воду	Ukrainian Pops	01:56
Nelson* Riddle	Butchart Gardens	British Columbia Suite	03:23
Happy Dolls	Misty Blue	Show Album No. 1	03:43
Joe* Glazer	Solidarity Forever	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:02
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	I Need You	Amist the Black Eyes	02:35
Ellen McIlwaine	Sliding	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:52
Joe* Glazer	New Democratic Party Train	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:58
Cal* Bostic	Excessive Love (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	03:33
Albert Jones*	She Lost Her Faith	The Facts of Life	03:47
Loni Gamble	Dance to it	ST	06:33
Alpha Centauri	Earth in Motion	ST	04:59
Joe* Glazer	The Farmer is the Man	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	01:51
Buddy Knox	I'm In Love With You	ST	01:46
Ellen McIlwaine	We Got Each Other	Ellen McIlwaine	03:48
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars	Maple Sugar Two Step	Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl	03:10
Zambonis*	Hockey Marlee	To Bleed Black and Gold	02:19
Ellen McIlwaine	We the People	We the People	03:23
Jonathan Edwards	Girl from the Canyon	Sailboat	02:37
Ellen McIlwaine	Mossy Dream	Fear Itself	02:49
Ellen McIlwaine	Underground River	We the People	03:54
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	It Only Takes a Moment	And I Love Her	02:08
Nelson* Riddle	Vancouver Nights	British Columbia Suite	02:09
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Grandpa Tell Me One More Story	I'm a Song	04:39
David Amram	Pull My Daisy	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	04:18
Matt* Lucas	Tomcat Blues	Matt Gets Blue	02:39
Happy Dolls	Hello Dolly	Show Album No. 1	01:44
Charmaines*	The One For Me	(You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)	02:15
Ellen McIlwaine	It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels	Honky Tonk Angel	02:38
Buddy Knox	That's Why I Cry	ST (mono)	02:00
Happy Dolls	Sweet Gypsy Rose	Show Album No. 1	02:32
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Traditional 'Trojista' Music	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	03:43
Ernie* Smith	Oh But If I	Skareggae	03:25
Ernie* Smith	Time	To Behold Jah	04:28
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Devil Woman	I'm a Song	03:37
Ellen McIlwaine	Steal Him Away	Ellen McIlwaine	03:12
Aarons And Ackley*	You And I	You And I	03:23
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Wedding March	Ukrainian Pops	04:09
Zambonis*	Helmet (instrumental)	To Bleed Black and Gold	03:10
Ellen McIlwaine	Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:25
David Amram	Little Momma	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	04:04
Hopeton* Lewis	Think Positive	Think Positive // Story Book Children	06:38
Dils*	Sound of the Rain (Le sond de la pluit)	Made In Canada	03:26
David Amram	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:38
Oscar* McLollie	Love Will Get You	ST	03:32
Ellen McIlwaine	I Don't Want to Play	We the People	03:20
Oscar* McLollie	So Pleasing Loving You	So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All	02:51
Ellen McIlwaine	Crawling Kingsnake	Fear Itself	03:20

Honorary Canadians

Tracks

Ursa Major* - ST

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - Matt Gets Blue

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

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